Gwytherin, Denbighshire

Historical Description

Gwytherin, a village and a parish in Denbighshire. The village stands on the river Elwy, under the Hiraethrog Hills, 5½ miles E by S of Llanrwst, and was the place of St Winifred's retreat and death. It has a post office under Llanrwst (R.S.O.); money order office, Llanrwst; telegraph office, Llan-fair Talhaiam. The parish comprises 5966 acres; population, 276. Much of the surface is moor and mountain. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Asaph; net value, £122 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of St Asaph. The church was originally built in connection with the retreat-place or nunnery of St Winifred, and it contains two rude wooden chests, enclosing a portion of St Winifred's coffin. Four upright stones in the churchyard, one of them with a slight inscription, mark the alleged site of St Winifred's grave.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Denbighshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Gwytherin are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online:

• Western Mail
• Baner ac Amserau Cymru
• The Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser
• The North Wales Chronicle